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News broke last month that Todd Phillips was developing a John Belushi biopic — the latest in a long string of efforts to thrust the “Saturday Night Live” funnyman’s life in front of the camera — and the “Hangover” director was anything but pleased.
And just who might play that renegade? A bunch of names have been floated in the press — including Jack Black, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen and Zach Galifianakis, one of Phillips’ frequent collaborators — but at this point it’s simply too early in the process for Phillips to speculate. (Source) |
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When asked for probably the 4,543rd time about how he got into shape to play a superhero, Seth Rogen didn’t even try to bring the funny.
His main objective at Comic-Con was to reverse the pessimism surrounding the long-in-the-works ‘Hornet’ and get people excited about seeing a film he’s devoted more than three years of his life to developing as star, co-writer and executive producer. “The Green Hornet” movie has endured more adversity than the character ever faced in the radio shows, film serials, TV programs and comic books he’s starred in since he was created, back in the 1930s, by George Trendle and Fran Striker. First came all the changes in the cast and crew list. Stephen Chow was first onboard to direct and co-star, but eventually was replaced in the director’s chair by Michel Gondry. Nicholas Cage was cast as the villain for about five minutes before he left and Christoph Waltz was tapped for the role. The script reportedly underwent numerous rewrites, and the film’s release date kept getting pushed back. It’s now locked in for January 2011, not the greatest indicator of studio confidence, but at least it’s a firm date. Getting shuffled across the calendar though, hurt “The Green Hornet” in the arena of public perception. The movie also appears to have been damaged as much by plain bad timing more than anything else.
The actor is a well-known comic book aficionado, who in a recent interview with the L.A. Times, admitted he’s more of a Marvel guy than a DC fan.
That chance to finally do a movie about capes was ultimately what drew Rogen and Goldberg, his longtime writing partner, to the Hornet’s nest. In “The Green Hornet,” Rogen plays Britt Reid, a carefree rich party-boy who gets a rude awakening when his wealthy newspaper mogul father dies. He gets inspired to do something more than just go clubbing, so he decides to use his financial resources to fight crime. The clips screened in San Diego displayed a markedly lighter tone than the typical superhero movie. It’s not camp or parody, as Gondry pointed out. Just a different take on the genre, which was necessitated by the fact that its star happens to be a very funny guy.
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The Stand Up to Cancer fundraising television event is going to be star-studded. The telethon, taking place Sept. 10, will include a mix of Hollywood celebs, athletes and journalists. Among the many who have signed on to appear are cancer survivors Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Michael C. Hall, Maura Tierney, Robin Roberts, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Fran Drescher, Survivor winner Ethan Zohn and Elizabeth Edwards. Joining them for the big night will be Reese Witherspoon, Queen Latifah, Laura Linney, Seth Rogen, Sally Field, Terrence Howard and even the Simpsons. Executive produced by Laura Ziskin, the program will be hosted by Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams and will be telecast live without commercials on our very own E!, The Style Network and G4 as well as ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and HBO, among other channels. (Source) |
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The perpetually busy Seth Rogen just lined up his next gig. He’ll voice the lead character in DreamWorks Animation’s “Boo U.,” The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The character isn’t named, but he’ll play a ghost who is sent back to school because he’s no good at scaring little kids. Sounds like “Monsters Inc.” with a “Back to School” twist. Rogen is no stranger to animated features. He voiced Mantis in “Kung Fu Panda” — another DreamWorks joint — a role to which he’ll be returning for next summer’s “Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom.” More recently, Rogen voiced the blob creature B.O.B. in “Monsters & Aliens.” “Lilo & Stitch 2″ and “Igor” director Tony Leondis will helm the flick, which will hit screens in 3-D. No release date is listed. (Source) |
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This hasn’t been confirmed yet, but sources are saying Seth Rogen is attached to star alongside Barbra Streisand in the film, “My Mother’s Curse.” “My Mother’s Curse” is comedy scheduled for a 2012 release.
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Jay Baruchel has said that his upcoming comedy with Seth Rogen Jay And Seth Vs. The Apocalypse will be a “polarising” and “offensive” movie. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice star Baruchel, who is penning the project with Rogen and Evan Goldberg, revealed to DS that the trio are “writing it right now and I think we’ll be shooting it next year”. Apocalypse is a spinoff of the web short that sees Baruchel and Rogen sharing a home together as the only survivors of Armageddon. According to Baruchel, Rogen is planning to make his directorial debut with the film but the project has been attracting interest form other filmmakers.
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Daniel Radcliffe is in talks to star in comedy horror movie Jay And Seth Vs The Apocalypse. Knocked Up star Seth Rogen and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice actor Jay Baruchel are remaking the short they made in film school for the big screen – and the Harry Potter star is rumoured to have asked to audition for the lead role.
Jay and Seth made the short film back in 2007 at film school with friend Jason Stone and it is now set to be made into a 3D feature film, set for release in 2012.
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“The Green Hornet” is not a drug comedy, but star and co-writer Seth Rogen knows he will have to remind people of that again and again between now and the film’s January release.
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